Please note that the OYC office will be closed in observance of the July 4th holiday. Our office will re-open for business as usual at 9:00 AM on Monday, July 7th, 2008.
On behalf of the staff at Oakland Youth Chorus... HAVE A HAPPY & SAFE INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Click here to visit our all-new website.
Be sure to pick-up a copy of this weeks edition of EAST BAY EXPRESS featuring the Best of the East Bay.
The current OYC ad is in the issue that hit news stands today (June 25, 2008) and you can find free copies of this publication between now and next Tuesday (July 1, 2008).
Click here and visit the brand new OYC website! The site went LIVE just moments ago.
Oakland Youth Chorus is working together to create a more user friendly and up to date site that reflects the energy of our evolving organization. The new OYC online component is available for anyone to visit starting today! Click here to visit now.
Visit the site again next month and again in August as we will continue to feature new information and implement e-registration, OYC Radio and a parent interaction page before the school year begins.
OYC Teacher Artist Dan Faiver is a memer of the Chinyakare Ensemble. His teachers include Julia Chigamba and Ronnie Dayilo. Dan has been studying African dance for 11 years and holds a Master's degree in music from Yale University. Classes will take place Mondays, 6:15 - 7:30 PM at Brook Street Studio (3018 Brook St. in Oakland).
FREE workshop: June 23
Paid workshops: June 30, August 11 & August 18
Call 510.290.9306
or visit, chinyakare.com
For Parents at Chabot, Glenview, Hillcrest and Kaiser Elementary Schools, we at Oakland Youth Chorus look forward to being a part of your after-school enrichment next year. Please note that Andrea Lee will be coordinating our presence there rather than myself. Her contact info:
Andrea Lee
Director of School-Based Music Education Programs
510-287-9700 x101
Please contact Jessica Manta-Meyer if you have any questions or concerns about this past year and direct information/questions about next year to Andrea.
Dear OYC Parents, Alumni and Board Members:
Since our move to the new office (655 Thirteenth Street, Suite 100 in downtown Oakland) we have discovered we have an abundance of the following recordings. We do not have enough storage space to keep all of the copies of:
- RADIANCE (Produced in 1997)
- SILVER & SOUL (Produced in 2001) "A 25th Anniversary Concert Recording"
These are both well produced CD's and we want to share them with parents, alumni and board members who might be interested.
We encourage you to stop by the new office and take what you like, or click here to send an email to our Director of Marketing & Individual Donor Relations if you would like him to save copies for you. We even have some CD's that have been gift wrapped!
Concert Chorus will also perform for the Chabot Space Center in Oakland for their 125th year Celebration on Saturday, June 21. Email for more information about these events or how to book an OYC for your event.
Are you between the ages of 11 and 21? Are you someone that likes to sing?
Then you are ready to begin your musical journey with the Award-winning
Oakland Youth Chorus!
Auditions are being held now, so come and join in the fun! Call Chorus
Director, La Nell Martin, for more information or to set up an audition
call (510) 287-9700 ext. 102 today. Or email click on the name La Nell Martin.
While we still have several boxes to unpack, the Oakland Youth Chorus office has officially moved into the Raymond House 655 Thirteenth Street, Suite 100 Oakland, CA 94612. Suite 100 is located on the lower level of the building. All parking within Preservation Park is reserved. If you plan to visit us, there is a parking garage across from the park entrance and we are also now much closer to BART and AC Transit. Our new rehearsal space is located nearby at 685 14th Street at Castro. Click here for a map.
The future was well represented by the Oakland Youth Chorus, which sang spirituals at the recent Negro Spirituals Heritage event. As a nod to the continuity of this genre, director Lanell Martin was presented with a check from the Friends of Negro Spirituals... Click here to read kind words written about our Award winning OYC Concert Chorus.
